Are you sure this was meant for this thread? On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Tony B <ton...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not for the one machine, no. But look at some of the ridiculous > comments in this thread. Instead of trying to reproduce the issue and > solve it, people are jumping all over the place with wild opinions. > > One person even gave a lengthy explanation of why Windows does this on > purpose! > > > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:16 PM, mike <xha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Um...it's not a non-existent issue if it happened. > > > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Tony B <ton...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> It's not going to do much good to keep discussing this, because as I > >> pointed out yesterday Vista does not normally behave this way. Yes, if > >> you view the properties on the disk it will show as read only, but > >> after copied back to the hard drive they don't. > >> > >> Rather than discuss a non-existent issue, try it yourself first. I > >> just now tried it again, this time using the Vista built-in burner. > >> > >> PS I don't remember this ever happening to me in XP either. At work we > >> still burn a ton of data DVDs for archiving, and nobody yet has > >> required any explanation why they can't edit those files (but I don't > >> have one to check). > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:50 PM, TPiwowar <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > >> > XP had the unfortunate habit of setting the read-only flag of files > >> copied > >> > to CDs. Copying such files back to the hard drive left the read-only > flag > >> > set. I had to go to Properties to uncheck the read-only box before I > >> could > >> > edit the files. > >> > > >> > Today I did same with Vista. Again the problem with the read-only > flag. > >> > Except this time after I uncheck the read-only box (and press Apply > etc), > >> I > >> > find that the files continues to be read only. When I reopen > Properties I > >> > find the read-only box has been rechecked. I go round and round > several > >> > times, but the read-only flag can not be disabled. Why is is so > >> persistent? > >> > How do I get to edit my files? > >> > >> > >> > ************************************************************************* > >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > >> > ************************************************************************* > >> > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > > ************************************************************************* > > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
